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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 10, 2023

What Is the Dielectric Constant?

The dielectric constant (also known as relative permittivity) is a measure of a material’s ability to store electrical energy in an electric field.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 10, 2023

What Is the Faraday Constant?

The Faraday constant is the electric charge per mole of electrons. It’s denoted by the symbol F and is a physical constant named after the British scientist Michael Faraday.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 09, 2023

What Is an EMP?

An EMP (electromagnetic pulse) is an intense burst of electromagnetic energy, usually caused by an abrupt acceleration of charged particles.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on February 09, 2023

What Is an Electrical Charge?

An electrical charge is a fundamental physical property that will cause objects to attract or repel one another.

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Artturi Jalli Artturi Jalli
Updated on January 17, 2023

What Is Firmware?

Firmware is like software that makes your hardware work. Here’s everything you need to know about firmware and why it’s important to your devices.

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Edoardo Romani Edoardo Romani
Updated on January 10, 2023

What Is Latency?

Latency, in the field of information technology (IT), refers to the delay in data transmission between point A and point B, where A and B are two computers or servers.

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Katlyn Gallo Katlyn Gallo
Updated on January 09, 2023

What Is a GB (Gigabyte)?

A GB is a form of digital measurement we use to describe the size of information on a system or the capacity of storage available on a disk or other digital storage media.

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Hal Koss Hal Koss
Updated on December 19, 2022

Jetpacks Have Come a Long Way, Actually

But you probably won’t own one anytime soon.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on October 25, 2022

How Dropbox Optimized Its Storage System After Ditching AWS

The only thing more challenging than building a multi-exabyte distributed storage system is scaling it.

Sam Yang Sam Yang
Updated on August 23, 2022

Radar Can Detect Your Heartbeat. Really.

Ultra-wide-band radar can sense minute changes in heart rates and breathing patterns. This has huge implications for healthcare, energy efficiency, and more.